![]() ![]() How it all started: These are the 16 books a conservative group wants banned from Polk public schools librariesĪuthors respond: Writers discuss effort to ban their books in Polk County schools ![]() Heid recommended the book, a coming-of-age novel about a high school student living in extreme poverty in New York City coming to terms with his homosexuality, remain in high school libraries, but also be allowed in middle school media centers, as well. Documents provided by PCPS show it was checked out one time at Ridge Community High School in the previous school year. The book had been available at Davenport, George Jenkins, Haines City, Kathleen, Lake Region, and Ridge Community High schools, along with Fort Meade Middle-Senior High School. Adam Silvera's "More Happy Than Not" was approved by a panel and Superintendent Heid to be allowed in middle and high schools libraries/media centers. ![]()
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